The Lightcone 2025 Forecast

Happy New Year! In this mini-episode, the Lightcone hosts ring in 2025 with their predictions for startups, AI and crypto. Apply to Y Combinator: https://ycombinator.com/apply Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Nobel prize 01:25 - Crypto 05:55 - AI

Garry TanhostDiana Huhost

Jan 1, 20257mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: January 1, 2025
Duration: 7m
Channel: Y Combinator
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Happy New Year! In this mini-episode, the Lightcone hosts ring in 2025 with their predictions for startups, AI and crypto. Apply to Y Combinator: https://ycombinator.com/apply Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Nobel prize 01:25 - Crypto 05:55 - AI

SPEAKERS

Garry Tan
host
Diana Hu
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Y Combinator, featuring Garry Tan and Diana Hu, The Lightcone 2025 Forecast explores aI Nobels, Stablecoin Payments, Doge Politics, and 3D Turing Tests The hosts share rapid-fire predictions for 2025 across AI, crypto, macroeconomics, and consumer tech. They speculate that AI could win additional Nobel Prizes beyond physics and chemistry, reflecting its accelerating impact on science and abundance.

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